Registration of candidates
(1) The rural municipality or city electoral committee registers, after expiry of the term for the nomination ofcandidates but not later than on the 35thday before the election day, all persons nominated in accordance with the requirements of this Act in the order of their nomination.
(2) Each candidate is assigned a registration number. Registration numbers begin at 101 and are assigned to thecandidates in accordance with the lists of political parties and independent candidates. Independent candidates are assigned a registration number after each list of candidates of political parties and election coalitions has been assigned a registration number. The sequence of assigning numbers to the political parties, election coalitions and independent candidates is decided by drawing lots. [RT I 2004, 71, 501 – entry into force 29.10.2004]
(3) Where within the term specified in subsection 6 of § 36 of this Act the person submitting the documentshas failed to submit the missing documents or data or to correct the errors in the documents for standing as a candidate, an electoral committee does not register:
1) any of the candidates nominated by a political party or election coalition where a document specified inclause 1, 2 or 21of subsection 3 of § 35 of this Act is missing or it contains material deficiencies;
2) a candidate who documents or data are missing or whose documents contain material deficiencies;
3) a candidate who does not comply with the requirements prescribed in subsections 5 and 6 of § 5 of this Act.[RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2017]
(4) A rural municipality or city electoral committee adopts a reasoned resolution not to register a candidate.
(5) A rural municipality or city electoral committee revokes a resolution to register a candidate where:
1) the candidate declines to stand as a candidate on the basis of a written application which may be submitted by them within three days after registration;
2) the candidate dies;
3) it is established that the candidate does not comply with the requirements prescribed in subsection 5 or 6 of § 5 of this Act.
(6) A rural municipality or city electoral committee registers a person who was not registered previously afterthe term specified in subsection 1 of this section where the committee finds that the person complies with the requirements prescribed in subsections 5 and 6 of § 5 of this Act or where the resolution not to register the candidate is revoked by a resolution of the National Electoral Committee or a judgment of the Supreme Court. [RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2017]
(7) A resolution on registration may be revoked and a person who was not registered may be registered not laterthan by the 13th day before the election day. [RT I, 01.11.2012, 1 – entry into force 11.11.2012]
